A charity benefit for the Humane Society of Ventura County, the only no-kill animal shelter in the county! This shelter receives NO government funding and is totally dependent upon the generosity of private donations to keep its doors open. Suggested donation is $10 so please bring some cash for the jar.

Celebrate life, friends and great music while supporting the humane society’s selfless work. Your donation will do directly t…o care for and feed abandoned and neglected animals, as well as finding them a new home.

Celebrate summer, feel the sand under your feet and soak up the sun as our hand-picked DJs take you on a soulful sonic house music journey with waves crashing in the background. Dance on the shore as the sun sets over the Pacific….

We are proud to bring you 3 DJs who are new to the SB/Ventura underground scene:

DJ BOB BAGHA has been a house DJ for over 20 years and was recently awarded for his outstanding contribution to the electronic music industry. He is best known as the owner of Street Sounds Music on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, an iconic music store catering to DJs and one of the last independent record stores in LA that sells dance music on vinyl.

DJ DougW has been spinning sultry, soulful house music for over 20 years from New York to San Francisco. Now a Las Vegas resident he plays out weekly at one of Vegas’ sexiest lounges off the strip, the Downtown Cocktail Room, and is now a regular at the Eastside Lounge inside the Encore hotel where his soulful vibe flows throughout the entire hotel.

DJ LUCID is the founder of LoudDjs in Thousand Oaks and has been a successful DJ and promoter throughout Ventura County over the past several years. He is always pushing his musical boundaries and has earned a strong following with his unique style of techno which he often creates and remixes on the fly.

This event is a leave no trace event and everyone must clean up after themselves and help leave the beach more pristine than we found it! THIS MEANS PICK UP YOUR CIGARETTE BUTTS!!!!!! There are no garbage cans on site so please be prepared and bring garbage bags so you can bring your trash home when you leave. Respect mother earth!

Those familiar with the area know that parking is available only in designated areas so pay attention to signs and please DON’T DOUBLE PARK or otherwise block others.

Please use use coffee cups or Nalgene style bottles for your beverages….no red plastic cups. NO OPEN ALCOHOL CONTAINERS such as beer bottles or beer cans are allowed on the beach! Violation of this rule is a sure fire way to get our benefit closed down prematurely.

Absolutely no underage drinking is allowed.

DIRECTIONS:

101 Freeway exit 78 (Seacliff) just north of Ventura. Turn left (north) and follow the surface road past the fire station to the dead end in about a quarter mile and turn left back underneath the 101. Park between signs only. Make your way to the north end of the beach.

Join us for fun in the sun while DJs play Drum and Bass, Dubstep, and House.

Right on the beach boy-eeee!

Special guest performance by ABRAHAM, founding member of the Finland collective L.A.O.S.!!! They have releases on labels like Hospital, Raw Canvas, Spearhead, Defunked, Spin Recordings and forthcoming releases on Viper. Their tracks are getting dj support from names like London Elektricity, Zinc, Blu Mar Ten, Blame, Annie Mac (BBC Radio1), Kasra and Utah Jazz just to name a few.

Due to unfortunate venue complications the Vital Signz club event “Sacred Sounds” scheduled for Friday, has been cancelled. However, fortunately for us, their headliner L.A.O.S. will now be taking his exclusive LA appearance to our beautiful free beach event! Much love to the Vital Signs crew for making this happen, and a special thanks to DJs Damien and Whisper for selflessly giving up their timeslot to make room for LAOS.

We will also be celebrating the birthdays of Lady Sween, Chasm, Drone, and Werd!

This is a special community shared location that has been use for over a decade by many responsible crews. So let’s all be good stewards and pick up after ourselves and others. Let’s leave the beach cleaner than it was when we got there so we can continue to use this beautiful spot.

Location: Oil Piers Beach, North of Ventura

::DIRECTIONS::

From Los Angeles:
Take the 101 N towards Ventura.
Continue past the city of Ventura for about 10 miles.
Take exit 78 – Seacliff.
Turn left onto Old Rincon Hwy/Pacific Coast Hwy.
Drive 0.5 miles (where the street ends) and take your 1st left (under the freeway).
Go right at the T intersection (party will be on the beach sand straight ahead).

Find a place to park, just PLEASE don’t block anyone in, don’t park on the ocean side of the road, don’t park under the freeway, and obey all parking signs.

From Santa Barbara.
Take the 101 S towards Ventura.
Take the Pacific Coast Hwy/Seacliff Exit.
Turn left at CA-1 N/Old Rincon Hwy/Pacific Coast Hwy.
Drive to the end of the street & go left (back under the freeway)
Take your 1st left and go back under the freeway.
Go right at the T intersection (party will be on the beach sand straight ahead).

Find a place to park, just PLEASE don’t block anyone in, don’t park on the ocean side of the road, don’t park under the freeway, and obey all parking signs.

Due to the size of this event parking near the beach may fill up quick. If you are unable to find parking on the ocean side of the 101 please use the overflow parking area which is back under the freeway and to your right. Parking is located in the dirt off the road on the mountain/east side of the freeway. You are welcome to come up to the top, drop off your supplies, but if the lot is full, please park in the overflow.

We will be monitoring the parking to make sure the event runs smoothly, so please cooperate with our parking attendants.
Please help us by obeying all the posted parking signs.
Do Not park under the freeway. YOU WILL BE TICKETED OR TOWED!
Don’t block anyone in and try to leave space for others to navigate in and out.
The sheriff does come up from time to time to check on things and we really hate to shut off the music just to send out a Public Announcement that someone’s car is going to be towed, or someone’s car is blocked in.
PLEASE CARPOOL!

Trash:
Pick it up and pack it out.

Weather: Abundant Sunshine!
High – 65 to 70 & Low – 57

Motel: For those of you making a long drive and want to be safe and post up for the night before you drive back home, there is a Motel 6 just off the Seaward exit on the 101.
US 101 at Seaward Avenue
2145 East Harbor Boulevard
Ventura, CA 93001
Hotel # (805) 643-5100

I’d like to thank everyone that put in the backbreaking work to get this party moving. Cerca Del Mar was a grand success, and it couldn’t have been done without you guys. Everyone who helped with setup, and ESPECIALLY those who helped with tear down, THANK YOU!!